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Lethbridge Daily Herald (December 26, 1908)

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TITe Lethbridge Daily Herald
VOLUME II. UTHBRIDGZ, ALBSRTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER M; >30C.
CALGARY BOY
WON THE BIG
RACE
A SLEEPING CAR QUARANTINED.
He Baal Out Ait Burn
and Fitzgerald In v
Road Race
Calgary, Dec. 26.---Running six and
a half milt's ia a heavy diusi storm
m 36 minute* 48 seconds, lleckltm-
D*v«Up* «n Train— City May
ft» »u*d, for L>«»t ruction of Carrot
by Formalin*. - ;., ,
Edmonton, Dec. SB.— On Monday
night Dr. Whiuilaw; medical health
officer, was calkd out of- bed by . n
telephone message announcing th*i a
cagft of measles had developed iti one
of the sleepirig~c*rVof tlyTirain coin-ing
iu over the C,N. B. that .reached
the city; yegterday morning. The doc-tor
at once made enquiries, and found
that the girl ill with the disease had
been isolated iu the stateroom of the
car. and wtts under the. medical at-
I tendance of Dr. H. B. SmiUi, ^
1 was also on the train. When the
train, reached Edmonton the paseen
gers- were disinfected, and the pa-tient'
removed to the hospital. Yes-terday
the car was fumigated, and is
GASSTRUCKAT
PINCHER
CREEK
berg, the Calgary runner, won the
Herald road race yesterday afternoon.
The result created,, some-Httie sur-prise,
ss, although the winner wa*
conceded to have a chance for sonie
of the prizes, only a few thought he
could beat Art Burn or Fitzgerald,
both of Olympic lanie. Fitzgerald
put up a good race,'bat could only
get second place, being nearly a
quarter of a mile from the winner.
Art Bum did well till about two
mile* from home, being second at
that time, but a little later Fitfcger-ald
passed him,_ and on his trainer's
advice Art, who was in very - bad
shape, gave it up. Out of nine start-ers
the result waa as follows:—1st,
Mecklanberg, Calgary; 2nd, 'Fitiger-ald,
Edmonton; 3rd, Perry, Calgary;
4th, Mackay, 5pringbank; 5th, J.
Kriowlton, Pincher CreeTc; 6th, Hart,
Hillhurst.
now ready for use again. During the
'fumigatioii a pot of formaline boilec
over, destroying .the carpet of the. car
and the railway company are now
thr/'Ucning' to sue the. city for its
value.
KIND ACT OF
LOCAL BAPTISTS
fortiaatt Yong
Lady
Drillers Strike a Good
Supply At 3OO
Feet
BURNED OPPONENTS MILL.
Brantford, Ont., Dec. 22.—Inoen-f
diaries it is believed set fire to the
large grist mill of I. J. Rank, of
Norwich. The mill was destroyed,
with all its content*, - The owner waa
ilentified with the loe^l option move-ment,
and the incendianim is believ-t'd
to have been the .reiult of bitter
feeling. ••: ' , . . " . . / ''••];, \
,, BARON WAS
KILLED IN A
FIGHT
Mrs
AL8ERTAN DROPPED DEAD.
London, Ont., Dec. a$/~Robert Gii-
Jespie, oi:5verts, Albert*, who arriv-ed
here early Chrifitni*»r morning on
a, visit to- his daughter; dropped dead
a few blocks iroiu tli*j iitlec'ti house.
CANADIAN AGENT DEAD.
Ottawa, Dec.'23.—News lias reached
the Trade and Commerce Department
that Commercial Agent McLean died
yesterday morning at Shanghai,
China, after an illness that-had last-ed
for some time. Deceased, was up-wards
of 70 years of age/ and had
boon commissioner in Japan and
China since 1903.. Deceased wan a
brother of M. Y.'McLean, M.P.,for
South Huron, Alexander McLean
\vas7in his earlier days a prominent
man; He established the Mitchell
Reformer in 1861, published the Corn-wall
Freeholder from 1S65 to 1872,
was Ottawa correspondent of the
Globe front 1872 .to 1874, was "proprie-tor
and publisher of the -_ Ottawa
Times I874tl875, and was managing
It was an extremely
ing that the children
editor
1395.
r.f the Montreal Herald 1894-
COULD NOT PLAY HOCKEY.
The hockey match advertised : .to
take place here last night between
Pincher Greek and Lethbridge did
not come off. The high wind which
sprang up in the afternoon blew such
a quantity of grit on the ice as to
make it impossible to estate. -Ihe
Pincher team were very disappointed.
They came down with a iast team,
and they had all the appearances of
being capable of putting up a stiff
argument against the Lethbridge
heavyweight- puck chasers.
Quite a crowd was disappointed over
the match being declared off, and it
was clearly demonstrated " "by the
number of people -who turned- out to
see the game that hockey will receive
popular and general support of the
Leihhridge people.
pleasant everi-of
the First
Baptist Church Sunday School -had
prepared for their parents and friends
in the church on, Thursday;. An ex-cellent
program, reflecting great
credit on all the .performers/, was in
the hands of the: children, each class
being responsible for the various num-bsrs
given.
The little artists were in good
«£-m, each item telling of the care of
parents or teacher, and many, an anx-ious
hour-of study on the part of
the.r 'little one, , •
After the program the \ elegant
'Christmas tree was stripped o|vits
inany ^presents, each sdfiblar receiv-ing'
the^gift that the thoughtful Santa
had - provided, beside- .a wellvfil]ed
stocking. During the evening-pastor,
"Rev. .Win. Reid, online part
of the church and Sunday school,
presented to Miss Jdannie McLeary a
purse containing ?50, which was:"an
expression of sympathy,-" Miss Mc-
(Special to the Herald.)
Pinclu-r Creek, Dec. 25.—Gns was
struck-here on Christinas morning
about seven o'clock. The gas spout-ed
about twelve feet in the air, but
gradually died down to aibout four
feet. The gas drilling outfit has only
been working about two weeks and
bored about three hundred feet. The
j>»'omot*rs of the gas company state
t&at there is sufficient gas now for
th« town's needs but they will bore
a, tew feet further.
DIRECTOR OF DIAMOND MINES.
Brantlord, .Out., Dec. 23.—O. A. El-liott,
a'prominent citizen and well
known company promoter, died sud-denly
this evening. He was talking
over the telephone, when he .was seiz-ed
"with an acute attack of indiges-tion,
death being almost instantan-eous.
He was interested in several
companies, including the Diamond
coal mines at Lethbridge, the Brant
ford Roofing Co., and the Beamsville
Cahners* Association.
H. Ostlund. of Sterling, has pass
ed the OhristuiaiJ law examinations
at Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
SPRECKLE8 15 D€AD.
San Francicco, Oal., IBec. 26.—Glaus
Vei?. the famous lugar million-are,
died from "the eftects of an at-ack
of pneumonia at 4 JO this morn-ing.
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With Russian Rev-olutionists
At
Moscow
LETHBRIDGE LOOKS
* GOOD TO HIM.
* Calgary, Dec. 361—The News
* says—Mr. W. R. HuJJ return-ed
from Lethbridge yesterday,
* where he made., exteusive real
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an admirer of Lethbridge, and
thinks it comes "next to Cal-gary
in the proriiMt^as a pro-gressive
centre. C^ary is a
inaeH more important business
centre, but Lethfarkige is a live
business town, and a comer.
It_jjj understood, that-Mr. Hull
bought $25,000 worth" of pro-rjrterty
outright, And got an op-tion
^ri-about" |50,000 worth,
the sale-"vie which requires ne-gotiatio.^
with parties in
England.
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Moscevs', Dec. 26.—Baron Cote, chief
of the ftCcret political police, was
killed, and Col. Harukj was injured
i i i ' a fierce encounter today with re-volutionists,
who were entrenched in
a suburban villa. During the fight
| number of policemen were also killec
land others were wounded. Troops
were summoned to the aid of the po
lice, and a regular battle ensued.
NEW MAGISTRATE FOR KENORA
Toronto, Dec. 23.—The Ontario Cab
iuQt met today and appointed Allen
McLellau police magistrate of Ken
ora .in place of V. A. Moore, remov
ed. Dr. F. Snyder, of Waterford, wa
appointed sheriff of Norfolk, and W
A. Tisdale, K.C., of.Simcoe, registra
of deeds fry Norfolk.
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CARNEGIE CONTRIBUTES.
T»ittsbi^r5?a;, Dec. 26—The Worl<
today says:—"It is said that Andre
Carnegie has put up about $150,00
iu order ,*r-. "clean" Pittsburg u
iior-.lly, fo';T; lying the municipal brib
:iry «eandaL.,in which it is allege
that of 58 --^iusilrnen all but six hav
•'bet-a found 'to be venal.
A FAMJLY PARTY.
Finn, Two Daughters and ThrM
Sons in Montreal Jail.
Montreal, Dec. 20.—Six members of
ic Finn family are at present in
he local jail. One of the members
tinied Daniel was released from the
enitentiary one day last week, and
tele a horse and slejght the night
ie was released. He was arrested
next day, and awaits trial. Ilis mo-h,
er, two brothers and two sisters
re all eerving sentences at the pres-nt
time.
HE JUMPED ON
PRES1DENTOF
FRANCE
CORPORAL MASON WEDS.
Corporal Mason, of E.N.W.M.P.,
and M IBS Hobson were yesterday mar-ie.
d at the residence ot the bride's
iuiv-_-i , rar_.ui uci,. . J.UUJJI.:._IOj. K-U .*u i . i
Royal Hotel. There were about 150
gijests present, friend* of the bride
tud bridegroom. Tim presents, of «
ostly character, were many, and wel
hosen. Corporal Mason is deserved
ly popular amongst his confreres, who
wish him all joy and happiness.
TO EXPERIMENT
WITH MARRIAGE
m Raced Befor
Assemblage Of Russian
Women
Unarmed Royalist At-tempted
To Pull
Beard
New York, Dec. 26.—A St. Peters-burg
special to the Times says:—"In
the course of today's session of the
Congress of Russian Women, Mme.
Arabashina proposed that the congress
should exert itself in favor "of the es-tablishment
of experimental mar-riages.
Perpetual marriages, she de-
NEGRO JOHNSTON WINS WORLD
PUGILISTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Tommy Burns/ the Canadian, Outclassed In Battle Of Four-teen
Rounds At Sydney, Australia - ' . * • • . - . . . : . ~f _ ',. 9r ., »: i .:^ ' . & J . _ - . * - • • . • •
I dared., were often immoral, and °\
times the cause of the greatest injus-tice,
deceit and sin.
"Several women delegates support-i.'
u tills proposal, but opponents were
not'lacking. Mme. Shestakow, one of
the latter, was violently attacked for
trying to limit the emancipation of
women, and the presiding ladies" had
the greatest difficulty in maintaining
order.*' ' '
Paris, Dec. 23.—While Armand Fal-leries,
the President of France, ac-companied
by L. Ranondon, his sec-retary,
and Col. Lash, military at-tache
at the Elysee Palace, was tak-ing
a morning stroll on the Rue de
L'Etoile today, a poorly clad indi-vidual,
who had evidently been lying
in wait, suddenly jumped upon the
President and ,threw his arms about
II. -Falliere's neck, in an effort to
seize his beard. Colonel Lash and
Secretary Ranondon sprang to the as-sistance
of the President, dragged off
his assailant., and turned him over to
thn. two special detectives who had
been following the party.
President Fallieries' cane was. brok-en
in the struggle, but beyond a
scratch on the hand he was not injur-eds
and he iasisted on continuing his
walk. As the defectives slipped the
handcuffs on the man he cried, "I
am unarmed. I simply wanted to
pull the President's beard." When
searched at the station house the
President's assailant proved to be
Jean Matis, a cafe waiter, .2i years
old, and a native of the Department
of Savei. .
Medals of General Mercier, the for-mer
Minister pi War, stamps bearing
the head oi the Duke of Orleans, a-card
of membership in the Patrie
Fruncaise, and other Royalist docu-ments
were found on his person. Dar-ing
ihe examination Matis boasted of
being a Royalist, and talked confus-edly
of having done his 'duty/' and
obeyed the dictates of his conscience.
Leary" recently meeting with a terri-ble
accident, resulting in the loss .of
her right,arm.
PRAIRIE FIRE
BEGAN IN TEPEE
FOOTBALL ON CHRISTMAS. :
Yesterday morning -was 'an ideal
morning for a football .match, and.. in
consequence a good crowd was on the
field when Eeferee A. J. Jones blew
his whistle calling upon the 8.O.E.
and Ancient Order of ' Foresters ,. to
line up. The game was hotly con-tested,
-but -the Foresters did not play
such good combination as their op-
* ponenta, and were able to score only
once, while the S.O.E. found the
goal post four times. All the goals
•were scored in the first half. Hol-
. bert on, captain of the S.Q.E., made
the firs-t goal in 8 minutes, and again
in 20 minutes from the kick-off.. Oli-ver
did the trick the third time,
A despatch from Macleod to the
Herald by phone this afternoon states
tKafFthe big prairie:fire of yesterday
afternoon west - of. the city, started
froni an Indian tepee on the reserve
below the lower "agency, fifteen miles
from ilacleod""ajid "six from-Kipp,
at the junction of the Old Slim ami
Belly rivers.
wind ' was blowing from the
Sydney, Dec. 26.'—Jackv Jonnsan, the
big negro from Galveston, Texas, is
the world's champion heavyweight
pugilist. He won the title, today in
the big arena at Rushcutter's Bay
from Tommy Burns, the Canadian,
who had held it since .James J. Jef-fries
relinquished it, and after a chase
of Bums half way around the world.
The end came in the fourteenth
round, when the police,. seeing Burns
unable to defend himself from the
savage blows of his opponent, merci-fully
stopped; the figlit.
Previously it had been, arranged
that if the. police interfered a deci-sion
should be rendered on points,
arid Kuferee McJnfosh without hesi-tation
declared the big black man
the winner, for all through the figlrl
he had shown himself Burns' master
in every style of fighting.
Before the" contestants entered the
ring ***Biir' Squires, -who thrice has
wind the tape. His action brought Burns was born in Hanover, Out.,
orth from the'spectators a tremen-'in 1881, and started fighting when he
clous ro^jnd o"f applause. • ,.; . V '
At 11.05 Johnson _and Burns. posed
for a .moving .picture machine, hav-ing
received >.final- instructions from
Referee Mcf^io'ah, and went to their known in Canada as Noah Brusso, a
was™ years :of age. He is 5 feet 7X
'Inch^^n.height/ and weighs when
tratiiing about 175 pounds. He wag
corners. The battle began.':
First rou'iy—After a few mements
of prelimin;a:^I-spajrring, ^Johnson
lacrosse player.
Burns always a tough and ready
fighter, who delighted to mix things
reacheu:^rns^i?f:-a Bharp:uppercut, • with his advej.sary {av5red, with
andi tLh ie . *-••.- i • • ; _ - _ _ _ r* • •" i * '
maining there fo?;llie~cbunt of eight.
Ho signalled to his. seconds that he
was all right, and"= when ^ he. arose
went after Johnson's body. ;\ Johnson
swung a hard right to the Head, and
Burns backward nearly
across the ring; from the impact of
the. blow. Then Burns, rushing in,
planted a right of great force: on John-great
length of arm, his reach mea-
•guring 74% inches. Burns has prov-ed
himself a bad man at close range.
Despite the fact that Johnson over-topped
hinv in height Jjy 6X inches,
:Burns had the" better of the argu-ment
in reach by 1% inches.
I 'A purse,of $25,000 was hung up for
the battle, which was scheduled to
' MISSOURI SHOWS. THEM.
Jefferson City, Mo7, Dec. 23.—The
Supreme Court of Missouri handed
down a decision .this morning oust-ing
the Standard Oil Company of In-diana
and the Republic Oil Com-pany
from the State of .Missouri, for-bidding
them again to do business in
Missouri, and dissolving the Waters-
Pierce Oil Co., of St. Louis. In ad-dition
each of the companies is fined
$50,000.
CITY AND DISTRICT
H. E. Miebach and wife are at pre-sent
at Los Angelea, Cal% .
- Guy •" Foster of Cardston •pent
Christmas in the city. "
F. A. Maxwell is receiving congrat-ulations
on the arrival of a young
son. at his home.
left .this morning for
where she will visit
ASHCROFT ASKS
FOR A RECOUNT
son's chin, and by an excellent dis- go 20 rounds. Of this amount Burns
plav' of boxing, warded off; a return, demanded and received $20,000, this
to
vbeen
south, and the"firs extended^ as far
north as the C.P.Rr~wherc" a qn»n-tity
of ties were burned, delaying the
flyer at that point thirty miuuies.
About ten members o f , ( l i e Mounted
Police wont out from Mm*lend-but
seeing the distance ^renter than anti-cipated,
and the fire wholly l^ejpnd
control, returned home.
An;Indian scout is expected •"n.-this
evening, when further ro|»orU wHi Ixs
received.
MT te alie di ib y B-D urns, cih a1ll1e nge-u : •.•i -
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Johnson, nevertheless,
' ''" rough a .s
managed sum to be paid him regardless of the
left '"t>o «th«e outcome of the fight. Johnson had w-th
Barber made the fourth. The For-esters
livened up in the second half,
but were unable to score. -The S.O.E.
played the last half with ton men..
Westiey having to retire from- a kick-in
the ribs. Shirley and Karris met
with the result that Shirley did not
think there was much wind in this
country for five minutes. Ely, the
S.O.E. goalkeeper, was not worked
very hard, but made one brilliant
but it veered after a few roi^nds to
2-Lto 1 on-Johnson. :
The spectators conceded that John-son's
victory was due to his physical
advantages over Burns, his superior
knowledge of the game, and his un-ruffled
demeanor- while being driven
by the champion. The stakes were
paid the men while they were in the
ring. •;, -
At 11.02 Johnson" entered the nreun,-
accompanied by his
• .flanged;
" the-.'sftK
JUDGE GREGORY STRICKEN.
t. John, N.B., Dec. 2C.—Judge Gre-co
ry. of the Supreme Court of New
Brunswick, was stricken with paraly-sis,
and. his condition is critical.
round, when the gong
Johnson yelled across to
achi&£ Burns, "Come right
on/V'wid bb .owung his right and
landed hard on Burns' chin,
champion's ankles gave way under
him, and he went down. He-wag up
immediately, and Johnson got to close
quarters with him, and placed his
right ia the body and face.;: John-son
thus far had the better of the
baUl-?. The big black man was com-ng
all the time, and he swung a
terrific left ir?:o Burns' stomach.
siiSe bv tit5T>ini: the sphere over the t«~r«!»-«.v chili1-*?-*" —~"~ wri-b^lil.
CHRISTMAS AT ST. PATRICK'S.
Christmas services were held at the
Catholic Church yesterday. At mid-night
on Christmas Eve Father La-combc
conducted mass and adminis-tered
communion, to three hundred
communicants. At nine o'clock yes-cheers
greeted him, and the big black
man turned and bowed to all four
sides of tho ring. Just as Johnson
took his seat Burns appear ;d. He
was smiling. The cheers of ihc spec-tators
were even more enthusiastic
than those accorded Johnson. Burns
took his position in the corner of the
rinp, surrounded by hia seconds.
"VVhen the cheering had died do\vp
somewhat Johnson crossed over and
shook hands with Burns.
When Burns stripped it was noticed
that he wore elagtic bandages about
his elbows. Johnson shouted across
the, ring, half angrily. "You urns'
Johnson had tho bft=t of all the
other roundg. and kept punching
tickets to London for hims( 1E and t
manager. Sim Fitzpatrick. Accord-ing
to reports both Johnson and Burns
bet heavily at prevailing odds, which
The' slightly favored Burns at the ringside.
ader ^'iC filters -were trained to the hour,
arid, fought before what was probably
the largest cT^-wd that ever witness-ed
a pugilistic encounter. Burns did
hljp training at Darlin Point.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 26.—Upon
learning tonight tho-result of the
^son-Burnss fight, Joe Gans, the
former lightweight champion (colored)
said:—"I knew and have boasted with
Johnson, the rustle bears out my pro-
It is understood that Jas. Ash-croit
has deposited the necessary ?25
for a recount of the votes cast for
aldermen in the" recent election. It
will be remembered Mr. Ash croft and
Wni. Oliver were a tie, and the re-turning
officer.gave the casting vote
to' Mr. Oliver.
Burns repeatedly, ivml the Irttter had
all he could do to keep on his feet.
In ihe fourteenth round Johnson
went, right after Burns when time was
called. The white man fought weari-ly
away, Johnson following him,
dropping Burns with a heavy right
to the head. "One, two.. _ three,"
slowly counted'the referee, and Burps
remah;V<? down until eight, seconds
had been tolbc oS. When he arose
Johnson flew a't him like n tiger, and
using both har.G£ unmercifully soon
had the/Kimpion tottering.
I Tho nolie<> thf-n -jumped into
C. AND E. ASKED TQ PAY TAXES.
Calgary, Dec. 24.—The attorney
general's deportment has called for
the payment cf arrears of taxes on
the lands of the Calgary & Edmon-ton,
railway.
Jl. B. Bennett, on behalf of the com
pany, disputed the .confirmation of
arrears, on the ground that the com-pany's
lands are not liable to taxa-tion
until after the date of patent.
Deputy Attorney General S. B.
diction. I do not think that there I Woods held that tho liability begins
^•h^ii the nexvs reached him
Johnson had won from Burns.
tin
is a man living who can defeat him."
:-jl..os Angeles, Dec. 25.-nJ. J. Jef-frio.
s former heavyweight champion
of the worKl, " evinced no surprise
that
"I
win unless fluty
tit*a his logs and both arms tien,"
wa= his characteristic comment on the
restilt. "Burns had no right to fight
Johnson for tlw heavyweight cham-pionship.
I never looked for anyj
thought he would
ns soon ns tho lands are selected.
Taxation on some fifty sections of
kind is at issue, but many more
Inndp bc-longing to the company will
come under assessment in future.
Chief Justice Si f ton, who heard the
argument, rcservcrt judgment.
BUYING A LOT OF HAY.
Pincher Creek, Dec. 26.—Mr. Lebel,
of tho firm of T. Lcbel and Co., has
! contracted to deliver $100,000 worth » - j - r - - - ^ . ,,»:wi*l.l<i\*t^,vi i-v viv 11 v *,t v A vv»v\rv *T vi »i: o"t h,e r result, bu,t I „ctid not expect thel , , . , , , „,, • -„ fijtbt to to so far,' th e ajdjd ejd . tWx-ih. en Io ^f h mothv- hayJ_. This will require iT. _.__ ±. _\,
Miss Ireton
\ Moose Jaw
friends.
Mr, and Mrs. W. Niven and Miss
Viva of Calgary are spending Christ- •
mas with Mrs. Davies, Bompas St.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Ormond of Pincher
Creek are the guests of Mrs. Davies, t
Bonipas St. .
A.' J. McLean, and Miss Jean Dun-can,
of the C. Y. ranch' are residing
for the winter at Winnipflg.
Mrs. Gillespie, wife of the Chief of
Police, is visiting her mothter at Mac-leod.
Acting Mayor Ives left on the one.
o'clock train for Edmonton to spend "
a few days. -
Upon inquiry at the hospital it was
learned that . Geo. . Cropley is ;yery.
much improved today. ; . .
The 0. W. Kerr Co. took a photo
of the football match yesterday which
they will use for advertising purposes
Miss M. Sutherland of Bellevue, lor-,
merly of Lethbridge, is visiting
friends in the city.
Father. Lacombe spent Christmas
Pay in the city and left on the local
For Macleod where ho will assist in
the church services there.
Christmas services will be held at
Westminster Chxirch tomorrow even-ing,
and special music will be provid
ed. D. H. Elton will address the
Sunday School at three o'clock.
E. TI McGregor has sold within tho
last three weeks nearly three thou-sand
acres of land to buyers in this
locality. . -
Owing to the crowded condition of
our columns, the report of the Christ
mas examinations at the Public
Schools has been held over until Mon
day.
Jas. Tasker ol Stavely, and Id* bro
thcr-in-law Ed. 'Whitman of Minnea-polis,
who were Christmas guests of
A. L. Foster, returned fcorrw today.
General Manager NaJsmith happen-ed
in his offices at on opportune mo-bar.
Stephens, in the opposite goal,
saved many hot shots. Both Judges
have many good men, in their ranks.
HOCKEY IN THE NORTH.
Red Deer, Dec. 25.—Red Deer was
beaten today in the- opening league
hocb*7 fcmteh with Ih? Olds team.
Th« score was—Olds &, Red Deer 4.
Lacombe, Dec. 25.—Lacombe won
the first league game of the season
today. Score—L;icombe 16, Stettler
3. r'"".,•'-*«»• • "
mass was "said at eleven and the ben
edicti on sci-vScc at seven thirty. Rev.
Father Van Tighem conducted these
services. People drove in from Ta-bor,
Bowvillc, Little Bow, Warner,
take those off." Then they got to the ring "and stopped" the fight.
centre ol the ring, find for a few nun- The referee immediately- declared ing: 6ff a chnfripionsUip fight in
utcs the question. Thon they \ Johnson the winner, and added Uiat conntrj- between Johnsou and
retired
Burns.
"about the probability ot briag-this
the
ment yesterday. Fie went to the fur-again
to their corners, but i ho cor^iawd it the best fight he winner of the coming 1
did not remove the bsn-iagot;. ever
TtVi ears sv month inr threp rnoritns.
Besides the hay contract Mr. Lebel|Had hc hecn five minutes
has an order for 100,000 bushels of;'01""0 "*We ™^* *°™ K'
oats. This is undoubtedly the larg-j
and other outside points. The usual I FroTn Johnson's'seconds came the an- * !_______ t i* ^ * *.+ * r _ . > '
CHANGE AT HAMILTON.
Hamilton, Dec. 26.—It is reported
that Adam Brown, postmaster, will
b<? retired, and succeeded by Dr. H.
S Griffin.
services will bo hel«l tomorrjw at v,
11 and 7.30. On ftcw Year's Eve
similar services to those held yester-drty
will 1>c held anrl at three o'clock
on New Year's Day a Christmas tree
find entertainment will-be given in the
school room for the children. Father
Von Tighem writ txrrange to have ap-pointments
at points between Leth-bridge
and Calgary. The work of
building churches
nwncod until the
^^»*%«**«"»1^4 f.rt
VATUOVI w^^x.'"-
will not b« com-railroad
has been
nouncement that their man refused
to fight \mies-s Bnms tcok off the
wraps nround lii» elbows, and it iook-iK
ed RS though there was n possibility
of the tight, not taking place, for
The referee, however, took a hnnd
in the controversy, and said that the | the honor,
wearing of bandages wrrsn't against
the niles. Johnson still demurred,
nevertheless, and Burns, with a show
of impatience, had his seconds un-1 close to 100 pounds.
^er wiinf-ssod in Australia, and both
)ught most fairly.. ^
Burns aftorward^. in an interview
ii(t: -' i. did the best I could, and
i;x:hV_'!V?H. Johnson -w^s t.v,Mbig
nd i, ; Tx'ach too great."
Jack ohnson is the fir^t .negro to
?in tho wf»;«i'g heavyweight cham-i
T>O!T \% ir* fft/Ni1' Virt i^ 4T^rt rt 1 rirt n
rho evor ^as permitt^-u to battle for
hr honor. NHc was bom in Galvos-on,
Texas, in 1873, and began his
>aroc-r in 190t . "Jle i? 6 feet 1/i" inches
r» height, and weighs nt. tho rinssidc
r; iight, Jeffries saioT'-^is" club would
nirtke immediate effort to arrange such
an affair, but it woxild -doubtless take
sonic time to decide what coiild be
doi)p about it. He said that an offer
will b? cabled to Johnson at once,
and that it will be a substantial one.
At 'the present time he said it is not
/v-ij-t-.i?" » f » i ' A t • Althov Rnrrv r.r TC:mf-snan
would consent to fight the col-ored
man, both of them having in-clinations
toward drawing the color
line, as far aa Johnson is concerned
at least. Jeffries said that he has
f-5t
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nace room and fr."nd it.
later the
ofriccs mj^ht havc ***n burned.
inc P"P"S of Westminster School
hay and grain deal in the West. Presented Snmuel Jones, the caretak-er
of the school with a Christmas
gift at their closing exercises on Wed-nesday.
Mr. Jones desires through
the medium of the Herald to thank
the hoys and- girls and extend good
es
LABOR LEADERS' SENTENCES.
Washington. Dec. 2C.— The
today ^ays:— "The dftvelopmeuts yes-made
it unlikely President j wishes for ft hftppy holiday season
••-It will take any official no-j The uew photoffraphir cs*idio
rotired from the ring.
tice just now of the plight of
three labor leaders sentenced for con-
:. Rut when the case reaches
through the ordinary channels
there is little doubt but that he will
fit the very least reduce considerably
sentenees impeded ' by Justice
j Wright.
on
St: beside the Baptist church
Wii5 mr fiperr foi* tjiisintrija on ?5iiesaay
Deccmber1'29th. The men who are
managing the gallery are men of wide
experience in their art and are pre-pared
to turn out guaranteed work
and turn it out promptly. Jorg«u-
Ron Hrns orw f nA ^TonTS^tAT^

TITe Lethbridge Daily Herald
VOLUME II. UTHBRIDGZ, ALBSRTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER M; >30C.
CALGARY BOY
WON THE BIG
RACE
A SLEEPING CAR QUARANTINED.
He Baal Out Ait Burn
and Fitzgerald In v
Road Race
Calgary, Dec. 26.---Running six and
a half milt's ia a heavy diusi storm
m 36 minute* 48 seconds, lleckltm-
D*v«Up* «n Train— City May
ft» »u*d, for L>«»t ruction of Carrot
by Formalin*. - ;., ,
Edmonton, Dec. SB.— On Monday
night Dr. Whiuilaw; medical health
officer, was calkd out of- bed by . n
telephone message announcing th*i a
cagft of measles had developed iti one
of the sleepirig~c*rVof tlyTirain coin-ing
iu over the C,N. B. that .reached
the city; yegterday morning. The doc-tor
at once made enquiries, and found
that the girl ill with the disease had
been isolated iu the stateroom of the
car. and wtts under the. medical at-
I tendance of Dr. H. B. SmiUi, ^
1 was also on the train. When the
train, reached Edmonton the paseen
gers- were disinfected, and the pa-tient'
removed to the hospital. Yes-terday
the car was fumigated, and is
GASSTRUCKAT
PINCHER
CREEK
berg, the Calgary runner, won the
Herald road race yesterday afternoon.
The result created,, some-Httie sur-prise,
ss, although the winner wa*
conceded to have a chance for sonie
of the prizes, only a few thought he
could beat Art Burn or Fitzgerald,
both of Olympic lanie. Fitzgerald
put up a good race,'bat could only
get second place, being nearly a
quarter of a mile from the winner.
Art Bum did well till about two
mile* from home, being second at
that time, but a little later Fitfcger-ald
passed him,_ and on his trainer's
advice Art, who was in very - bad
shape, gave it up. Out of nine start-ers
the result waa as follows:—1st,
Mecklanberg, Calgary; 2nd, 'Fitiger-ald,
Edmonton; 3rd, Perry, Calgary;
4th, Mackay, 5pringbank; 5th, J.
Kriowlton, Pincher CreeTc; 6th, Hart,
Hillhurst.
now ready for use again. During the
'fumigatioii a pot of formaline boilec
over, destroying .the carpet of the. car
and the railway company are now
thr/'Ucning' to sue the. city for its
value.
KIND ACT OF
LOCAL BAPTISTS
fortiaatt Yong
Lady
Drillers Strike a Good
Supply At 3OO
Feet
BURNED OPPONENTS MILL.
Brantford, Ont., Dec. 22.—Inoen-f
diaries it is believed set fire to the
large grist mill of I. J. Rank, of
Norwich. The mill was destroyed,
with all its content*, - The owner waa
ilentified with the loe^l option move-ment,
and the incendianim is believ-t'd
to have been the .reiult of bitter
feeling. ••: ' , . . " . . / ''••];, \
,, BARON WAS
KILLED IN A
FIGHT
Mrs
AL8ERTAN DROPPED DEAD.
London, Ont., Dec. a$/~Robert Gii-
Jespie, oi:5verts, Albert*, who arriv-ed
here early Chrifitni*»r morning on
a, visit to- his daughter; dropped dead
a few blocks iroiu tli*j iitlec'ti house.
CANADIAN AGENT DEAD.
Ottawa, Dec.'23.—News lias reached
the Trade and Commerce Department
that Commercial Agent McLean died
yesterday morning at Shanghai,
China, after an illness that-had last-ed
for some time. Deceased, was up-wards
of 70 years of age/ and had
boon commissioner in Japan and
China since 1903.. Deceased wan a
brother of M. Y.'McLean, M.P.,for
South Huron, Alexander McLean
\vas7in his earlier days a prominent
man; He established the Mitchell
Reformer in 1861, published the Corn-wall
Freeholder from 1S65 to 1872,
was Ottawa correspondent of the
Globe front 1872 .to 1874, was "proprie-tor
and publisher of the -_ Ottawa
Times I874tl875, and was managing
It was an extremely
ing that the children
editor
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COULD NOT PLAY HOCKEY.
The hockey match advertised : .to
take place here last night between
Pincher Greek and Lethbridge did
not come off. The high wind which
sprang up in the afternoon blew such
a quantity of grit on the ice as to
make it impossible to estate. -Ihe
Pincher team were very disappointed.
They came down with a iast team,
and they had all the appearances of
being capable of putting up a stiff
argument against the Lethbridge
heavyweight- puck chasers.
Quite a crowd was disappointed over
the match being declared off, and it
was clearly demonstrated " "by the
number of people -who turned- out to
see the game that hockey will receive
popular and general support of the
Leihhridge people.
pleasant everi-of
the First
Baptist Church Sunday School -had
prepared for their parents and friends
in the church on, Thursday;. An ex-cellent
program, reflecting great
credit on all the .performers/, was in
the hands of the: children, each class
being responsible for the various num-bsrs
given.
The little artists were in good
«£-m, each item telling of the care of
parents or teacher, and many, an anx-ious
hour-of study on the part of
the.r 'little one, , •
After the program the \ elegant
'Christmas tree was stripped o|vits
inany ^presents, each sdfiblar receiv-ing'
the^gift that the thoughtful Santa
had - provided, beside- .a wellvfil]ed
stocking. During the evening-pastor,
"Rev. .Win. Reid, online part
of the church and Sunday school,
presented to Miss Jdannie McLeary a
purse containing ?50, which was:"an
expression of sympathy,-" Miss Mc-
(Special to the Herald.)
Pinclu-r Creek, Dec. 25.—Gns was
struck-here on Christinas morning
about seven o'clock. The gas spout-ed
about twelve feet in the air, but
gradually died down to aibout four
feet. The gas drilling outfit has only
been working about two weeks and
bored about three hundred feet. The
j>»'omot*rs of the gas company state
t&at there is sufficient gas now for
th« town's needs but they will bore
a, tew feet further.
DIRECTOR OF DIAMOND MINES.
Brantlord, .Out., Dec. 23.—O. A. El-liott,
a'prominent citizen and well
known company promoter, died sud-denly
this evening. He was talking
over the telephone, when he .was seiz-ed
"with an acute attack of indiges-tion,
death being almost instantan-eous.
He was interested in several
companies, including the Diamond
coal mines at Lethbridge, the Brant
ford Roofing Co., and the Beamsville
Cahners* Association.
H. Ostlund. of Sterling, has pass
ed the OhristuiaiJ law examinations
at Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
SPRECKLE8 15 D€AD.
San Francicco, Oal., IBec. 26.—Glaus
Vei?. the famous lugar million-are,
died from "the eftects of an at-ack
of pneumonia at 4 JO this morn-ing.
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At
Moscow
LETHBRIDGE LOOKS
* GOOD TO HIM.
* Calgary, Dec. 361—The News
* says—Mr. W. R. HuJJ return-ed
from Lethbridge yesterday,
* where he made., exteusive real
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an admirer of Lethbridge, and
thinks it comes "next to Cal-gary
in the proriiMt^as a pro-gressive
centre. C^ary is a
inaeH more important business
centre, but Lethfarkige is a live
business town, and a comer.
It_jjj understood, that-Mr. Hull
bought $25,000 worth" of pro-rjrterty
outright, And got an op-tion
^ri-about" |50,000 worth,
the sale-"vie which requires ne-gotiatio.^
with parties in
England.
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Moscevs', Dec. 26.—Baron Cote, chief
of the ftCcret political police, was
killed, and Col. Harukj was injured
i i i ' a fierce encounter today with re-volutionists,
who were entrenched in
a suburban villa. During the fight
| number of policemen were also killec
land others were wounded. Troops
were summoned to the aid of the po
lice, and a regular battle ensued.
NEW MAGISTRATE FOR KENORA
Toronto, Dec. 23.—The Ontario Cab
iuQt met today and appointed Allen
McLellau police magistrate of Ken
ora .in place of V. A. Moore, remov
ed. Dr. F. Snyder, of Waterford, wa
appointed sheriff of Norfolk, and W
A. Tisdale, K.C., of.Simcoe, registra
of deeds fry Norfolk.
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CARNEGIE CONTRIBUTES.
T»ittsbi^r5?a;, Dec. 26—The Worl<
today says:—"It is said that Andre
Carnegie has put up about $150,00
iu order ,*r-. "clean" Pittsburg u
iior-.lly, fo';T; lying the municipal brib
:iry «eandaL.,in which it is allege
that of 58 --^iusilrnen all but six hav
•'bet-a found 'to be venal.
A FAMJLY PARTY.
Finn, Two Daughters and ThrM
Sons in Montreal Jail.
Montreal, Dec. 20.—Six members of
ic Finn family are at present in
he local jail. One of the members
tinied Daniel was released from the
enitentiary one day last week, and
tele a horse and slejght the night
ie was released. He was arrested
next day, and awaits trial. Ilis mo-h,
er, two brothers and two sisters
re all eerving sentences at the pres-nt
time.
HE JUMPED ON
PRES1DENTOF
FRANCE
CORPORAL MASON WEDS.
Corporal Mason, of E.N.W.M.P.,
and M IBS Hobson were yesterday mar-ie.
d at the residence ot the bride's
iuiv-_-i , rar_.ui uci,. . J.UUJJI.:._IOj. K-U .*u i . i
Royal Hotel. There were about 150
gijests present, friend* of the bride
tud bridegroom. Tim presents, of «
ostly character, were many, and wel
hosen. Corporal Mason is deserved
ly popular amongst his confreres, who
wish him all joy and happiness.
TO EXPERIMENT
WITH MARRIAGE
m Raced Befor
Assemblage Of Russian
Women
Unarmed Royalist At-tempted
To Pull
Beard
New York, Dec. 26.—A St. Peters-burg
special to the Times says:—"In
the course of today's session of the
Congress of Russian Women, Mme.
Arabashina proposed that the congress
should exert itself in favor "of the es-tablishment
of experimental mar-riages.
Perpetual marriages, she de-
NEGRO JOHNSTON WINS WORLD
PUGILISTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Tommy Burns/ the Canadian, Outclassed In Battle Of Four-teen
Rounds At Sydney, Australia - ' . * • • . - . . . : . ~f _ ',. 9r ., »: i .:^ ' . & J . _ - . * - • • . • •
I dared., were often immoral, and °\
times the cause of the greatest injus-tice,
deceit and sin.
"Several women delegates support-i.'
u tills proposal, but opponents were
not'lacking. Mme. Shestakow, one of
the latter, was violently attacked for
trying to limit the emancipation of
women, and the presiding ladies" had
the greatest difficulty in maintaining
order.*' ' '
Paris, Dec. 23.—While Armand Fal-leries,
the President of France, ac-companied
by L. Ranondon, his sec-retary,
and Col. Lash, military at-tache
at the Elysee Palace, was tak-ing
a morning stroll on the Rue de
L'Etoile today, a poorly clad indi-vidual,
who had evidently been lying
in wait, suddenly jumped upon the
President and ,threw his arms about
II. -Falliere's neck, in an effort to
seize his beard. Colonel Lash and
Secretary Ranondon sprang to the as-sistance
of the President, dragged off
his assailant., and turned him over to
thn. two special detectives who had
been following the party.
President Fallieries' cane was. brok-en
in the struggle, but beyond a
scratch on the hand he was not injur-eds
and he iasisted on continuing his
walk. As the defectives slipped the
handcuffs on the man he cried, "I
am unarmed. I simply wanted to
pull the President's beard." When
searched at the station house the
President's assailant proved to be
Jean Matis, a cafe waiter, .2i years
old, and a native of the Department
of Savei. .
Medals of General Mercier, the for-mer
Minister pi War, stamps bearing
the head oi the Duke of Orleans, a-card
of membership in the Patrie
Fruncaise, and other Royalist docu-ments
were found on his person. Dar-ing
ihe examination Matis boasted of
being a Royalist, and talked confus-edly
of having done his 'duty/' and
obeyed the dictates of his conscience.
Leary" recently meeting with a terri-ble
accident, resulting in the loss .of
her right,arm.
PRAIRIE FIRE
BEGAN IN TEPEE
FOOTBALL ON CHRISTMAS. :
Yesterday morning -was 'an ideal
morning for a football .match, and.. in
consequence a good crowd was on the
field when Eeferee A. J. Jones blew
his whistle calling upon the 8.O.E.
and Ancient Order of ' Foresters ,. to
line up. The game was hotly con-tested,
-but -the Foresters did not play
such good combination as their op-
* ponenta, and were able to score only
once, while the S.O.E. found the
goal post four times. All the goals
•were scored in the first half. Hol-
. bert on, captain of the S.Q.E., made
the firs-t goal in 8 minutes, and again
in 20 minutes from the kick-off.. Oli-ver
did the trick the third time,
A despatch from Macleod to the
Herald by phone this afternoon states
tKafFthe big prairie:fire of yesterday
afternoon west - of. the city, started
froni an Indian tepee on the reserve
below the lower "agency, fifteen miles
from ilacleod""ajid "six from-Kipp,
at the junction of the Old Slim ami
Belly rivers.
wind ' was blowing from the
Sydney, Dec. 26.'—Jackv Jonnsan, the
big negro from Galveston, Texas, is
the world's champion heavyweight
pugilist. He won the title, today in
the big arena at Rushcutter's Bay
from Tommy Burns, the Canadian,
who had held it since .James J. Jef-fries
relinquished it, and after a chase
of Bums half way around the world.
The end came in the fourteenth
round, when the police,. seeing Burns
unable to defend himself from the
savage blows of his opponent, merci-fully
stopped; the figlit.
Previously it had been, arranged
that if the. police interfered a deci-sion
should be rendered on points,
arid Kuferee McJnfosh without hesi-tation
declared the big black man
the winner, for all through the figlrl
he had shown himself Burns' master
in every style of fighting.
Before the" contestants entered the
ring ***Biir' Squires, -who thrice has
wind the tape. His action brought Burns was born in Hanover, Out.,
orth from the'spectators a tremen-'in 1881, and started fighting when he
clous ro^jnd o"f applause. • ,.; . V '
At 11.05 Johnson _and Burns. posed
for a .moving .picture machine, hav-ing
received >.final- instructions from
Referee Mcf^io'ah, and went to their known in Canada as Noah Brusso, a
was™ years :of age. He is 5 feet 7X
'Inch^^n.height/ and weighs when
tratiiing about 175 pounds. He wag
corners. The battle began.':
First rou'iy—After a few mements
of prelimin;a:^I-spajrring, ^Johnson
lacrosse player.
Burns always a tough and ready
fighter, who delighted to mix things
reacheu:^rns^i?f:-a Bharp:uppercut, • with his advej.sary {av5red, with
andi tLh ie . *-••.- i • • ; _ - _ _ _ r* • •" i * '
maining there fo?;llie~cbunt of eight.
Ho signalled to his. seconds that he
was all right, and"= when ^ he. arose
went after Johnson's body. ;\ Johnson
swung a hard right to the Head, and
Burns backward nearly
across the ring; from the impact of
the. blow. Then Burns, rushing in,
planted a right of great force: on John-great
length of arm, his reach mea-
•guring 74% inches. Burns has prov-ed
himself a bad man at close range.
Despite the fact that Johnson over-topped
hinv in height Jjy 6X inches,
:Burns had the" better of the argu-ment
in reach by 1% inches.
I 'A purse,of $25,000 was hung up for
the battle, which was scheduled to
' MISSOURI SHOWS. THEM.
Jefferson City, Mo7, Dec. 23.—The
Supreme Court of Missouri handed
down a decision .this morning oust-ing
the Standard Oil Company of In-diana
and the Republic Oil Com-pany
from the State of .Missouri, for-bidding
them again to do business in
Missouri, and dissolving the Waters-
Pierce Oil Co., of St. Louis. In ad-dition
each of the companies is fined
$50,000.
CITY AND DISTRICT
H. E. Miebach and wife are at pre-sent
at Los Angelea, Cal% .
- Guy •" Foster of Cardston •pent
Christmas in the city. "
F. A. Maxwell is receiving congrat-ulations
on the arrival of a young
son. at his home.
left .this morning for
where she will visit
ASHCROFT ASKS
FOR A RECOUNT
son's chin, and by an excellent dis- go 20 rounds. Of this amount Burns
plav' of boxing, warded off; a return, demanded and received $20,000, this
to
vbeen
south, and the"firs extended^ as far
north as the C.P.Rr~wherc" a qn»n-tity
of ties were burned, delaying the
flyer at that point thirty miuuies.
About ten members o f , ( l i e Mounted
Police wont out from Mm*lend-but
seeing the distance ^renter than anti-cipated,
and the fire wholly l^ejpnd
control, returned home.
An;Indian scout is expected •"n.-this
evening, when further ro|»orU wHi Ixs
received.
MT te alie di ib y B-D urns, cih a1ll1e nge-u : •.•i -
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Johnson, nevertheless,
' ''" rough a .s
managed sum to be paid him regardless of the
left '"t>o «th«e outcome of the fight. Johnson had w-th
Barber made the fourth. The For-esters
livened up in the second half,
but were unable to score. -The S.O.E.
played the last half with ton men..
Westiey having to retire from- a kick-in
the ribs. Shirley and Karris met
with the result that Shirley did not
think there was much wind in this
country for five minutes. Ely, the
S.O.E. goalkeeper, was not worked
very hard, but made one brilliant
but it veered after a few roi^nds to
2-Lto 1 on-Johnson. :
The spectators conceded that John-son's
victory was due to his physical
advantages over Burns, his superior
knowledge of the game, and his un-ruffled
demeanor- while being driven
by the champion. The stakes were
paid the men while they were in the
ring. •;, -
At 11.02 Johnson" entered the nreun,-
accompanied by his
• .flanged;
" the-.'sftK
JUDGE GREGORY STRICKEN.
t. John, N.B., Dec. 2C.—Judge Gre-co
ry. of the Supreme Court of New
Brunswick, was stricken with paraly-sis,
and. his condition is critical.
round, when the gong
Johnson yelled across to
achi&£ Burns, "Come right
on/V'wid bb .owung his right and
landed hard on Burns' chin,
champion's ankles gave way under
him, and he went down. He-wag up
immediately, and Johnson got to close
quarters with him, and placed his
right ia the body and face.;: John-son
thus far had the better of the
baUl-?. The big black man was com-ng
all the time, and he swung a
terrific left ir?:o Burns' stomach.
siiSe bv tit5T>ini: the sphere over the t«~r«!»-«.v chili1-*?-*" —~"~ wri-b^lil.
CHRISTMAS AT ST. PATRICK'S.
Christmas services were held at the
Catholic Church yesterday. At mid-night
on Christmas Eve Father La-combc
conducted mass and adminis-tered
communion, to three hundred
communicants. At nine o'clock yes-cheers
greeted him, and the big black
man turned and bowed to all four
sides of tho ring. Just as Johnson
took his seat Burns appear ;d. He
was smiling. The cheers of ihc spec-tators
were even more enthusiastic
than those accorded Johnson. Burns
took his position in the corner of the
rinp, surrounded by hia seconds.
"VVhen the cheering had died do\vp
somewhat Johnson crossed over and
shook hands with Burns.
When Burns stripped it was noticed
that he wore elagtic bandages about
his elbows. Johnson shouted across
the, ring, half angrily. "You urns'
Johnson had tho bft=t of all the
other roundg. and kept punching
tickets to London for hims( 1E and t
manager. Sim Fitzpatrick. Accord-ing
to reports both Johnson and Burns
bet heavily at prevailing odds, which
The' slightly favored Burns at the ringside.
ader ^'iC filters -were trained to the hour,
arid, fought before what was probably
the largest cT^-wd that ever witness-ed
a pugilistic encounter. Burns did
hljp training at Darlin Point.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 26.—Upon
learning tonight tho-result of the
^son-Burnss fight, Joe Gans, the
former lightweight champion (colored)
said:—"I knew and have boasted with
Johnson, the rustle bears out my pro-
It is understood that Jas. Ash-croit
has deposited the necessary ?25
for a recount of the votes cast for
aldermen in the" recent election. It
will be remembered Mr. Ash croft and
Wni. Oliver were a tie, and the re-turning
officer.gave the casting vote
to' Mr. Oliver.
Burns repeatedly, ivml the Irttter had
all he could do to keep on his feet.
In ihe fourteenth round Johnson
went, right after Burns when time was
called. The white man fought weari-ly
away, Johnson following him,
dropping Burns with a heavy right
to the head. "One, two.. _ three,"
slowly counted'the referee, and Burps
remah;V down until eight, seconds
had been tolbc oS. When he arose
Johnson flew a't him like n tiger, and
using both har.G£ unmercifully soon
had the/Kimpion tottering.
I Tho nolie<> thf-n -jumped into
C. AND E. ASKED TQ PAY TAXES.
Calgary, Dec. 24.—The attorney
general's deportment has called for
the payment cf arrears of taxes on
the lands of the Calgary & Edmon-ton,
railway.
Jl. B. Bennett, on behalf of the com
pany, disputed the .confirmation of
arrears, on the ground that the com-pany's
lands are not liable to taxa-tion
until after the date of patent.
Deputy Attorney General S. B.
diction. I do not think that there I Woods held that tho liability begins
^•h^ii the nexvs reached him
Johnson had won from Burns.
tin
is a man living who can defeat him."
:-jl..os Angeles, Dec. 25.-nJ. J. Jef-frio.
s former heavyweight champion
of the worKl, " evinced no surprise
that
"I
win unless fluty
tit*a his logs and both arms tien,"
wa= his characteristic comment on the
restilt. "Burns had no right to fight
Johnson for tlw heavyweight cham-pionship.
I never looked for anyj
thought he would
ns soon ns tho lands are selected.
Taxation on some fifty sections of
kind is at issue, but many more
Inndp bc-longing to the company will
come under assessment in future.
Chief Justice Si f ton, who heard the
argument, rcservcrt judgment.
BUYING A LOT OF HAY.
Pincher Creek, Dec. 26.—Mr. Lebel,
of tho firm of T. Lcbel and Co., has
! contracted to deliver $100,000 worth » - j - r - - - ^ . ,,»:wi*l.l '
CHANGE AT HAMILTON.
Hamilton, Dec. 26.—It is reported
that Adam Brown, postmaster, will
b retired, and succeeded by Dr. H.
S Griffin.
services will bo hel«l tomorrjw at v,
11 and 7.30. On ftcw Year's Eve
similar services to those held yester-drty
will 1>c held anrl at three o'clock
on New Year's Day a Christmas tree
find entertainment will-be given in the
school room for the children. Father
Von Tighem writ txrrange to have ap-pointments
at points between Leth-bridge
and Calgary. The work of
building churches
nwncod until the
^^»*%«**«"»1^4 f.rt
VATUOVI w^^x.'"-
will not b« com-railroad
has been
nouncement that their man refused
to fight \mies-s Bnms tcok off the
wraps nround lii» elbows, and it iook-iK
ed RS though there was n possibility
of the tight, not taking place, for
The referee, however, took a hnnd
in the controversy, and said that the | the honor,
wearing of bandages wrrsn't against
the niles. Johnson still demurred,
nevertheless, and Burns, with a show
of impatience, had his seconds un-1 close to 100 pounds.
^er wiinf-ssod in Australia, and both
)ught most fairly.. ^
Burns aftorward^. in an interview
ii(t: -' i. did the best I could, and
i;x:hV_'!V?H. Johnson -w^s t.v,Mbig
nd i, ; Tx'ach too great."
Jack ohnson is the fir^t .negro to
?in tho wf»;«i'g heavyweight cham-i
T>O!T \% ir* fft/Ni1' Virt i^ 4T^rt rt 1 rirt n
rho evor ^as permitt^-u to battle for
hr honor. NHc was bom in Galvos-on,
Texas, in 1873, and began his
>aroc-r in 190t . "Jle i? 6 feet 1/i" inches
r» height, and weighs nt. tho rinssidc
r; iight, Jeffries saioT'-^is" club would
nirtke immediate effort to arrange such
an affair, but it woxild -doubtless take
sonic time to decide what coiild be
doi)p about it. He said that an offer
will b? cabled to Johnson at once,
and that it will be a substantial one.
At 'the present time he said it is not
/v-ij-t-.i?" » f » i ' A t • Althov Rnrrv r.r TC:mf-snan
would consent to fight the col-ored
man, both of them having in-clinations
toward drawing the color
line, as far aa Johnson is concerned
at least. Jeffries said that he has
f-5t
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V
tod
ten
Ko
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thr
tei
hin
UK
r»t
th<
nace room and fr."nd it.
later the
ofriccs mj^ht havc ***n burned.
inc P"P"S of Westminster School
hay and grain deal in the West. Presented Snmuel Jones, the caretak-er
of the school with a Christmas
gift at their closing exercises on Wed-nesday.
Mr. Jones desires through
the medium of the Herald to thank
the hoys and- girls and extend good
es
LABOR LEADERS' SENTENCES.
Washington. Dec. 2C.— The
today ^ays:— "The dftvelopmeuts yes-made
it unlikely President j wishes for ft hftppy holiday season
••-It will take any official no-j The uew photoffraphir cs*idio
rotired from the ring.
tice just now of the plight of
three labor leaders sentenced for con-
:. Rut when the case reaches
through the ordinary channels
there is little doubt but that he will
fit the very least reduce considerably
sentenees impeded ' by Justice
j Wright.
on
St: beside the Baptist church
Wii5 mr fiperr foi* tjiisintrija on ?5iiesaay
Deccmber1'29th. The men who are
managing the gallery are men of wide
experience in their art and are pre-pared
to turn out guaranteed work
and turn it out promptly. Jorg«u-
Ron Hrns orw f nA ^TonTS^tAT^